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How the UAE and Its Gulf Neighbors Can Help Keep a Thirsty World Hydrated
April 19th, 2026
Via the UAE’s National News, commentary on how the UAE and its Gulf neighbours can help keep a thirsty world hydrated: The next global race is not for AI or energy, it is for water; and the UAE should lead it. For decades, water has been the quiet crisis, always present, rarely urgent enough to […]
Read more »Arizona’s Growth Machine Keeps Churning Even as Existing Communities Dry Up
April 17th, 2026
Via Land Desk, a look at the dire situation for water in Arizona: Rendering of the Halo Vista development and TSMC’s campus. Source: discoverhalovista.com Sometimes it feels like there are two parallel Southwestern United States out there. One is naturally arid, is getting hotter and hotter by the year and is gripped by the most […]
Read more »Kabul Faces Deepening Water Crisis As Supplies Dwindle and Demand Surges
April 15th, 2026
Via Ariana News, a report on how Kabul’s surging population — from around 2.5 million in 2001 to an estimated 6 million today — is placing unprecedented strain on already limited resources: Residents of Kabul are grappling with a worsening water shortage, as falling groundwater levels, rapid population growth and climate pressures push the Afghan […]
Read more »Abysmal Math on the Colorado River
April 14th, 2026
Via The Land Desk, commentary on how the U.S. government is looking to avoid de facto deadpool at Glen Canyon Dam: The Central Arizona Project canal, which carries Colorado River water to Phoenix and Tucson, as it runs past fields in the desert (that are irrigated with groundwater, not CAP water). The CAP is not […]
Read more »The Rural World Won’t Go Dry Without a Fight
April 14th, 2026
Via Foreign Policy, a look at how – from Jordan to Nepal – solutions to urban water woes are leaving the countryside angry and parched: That the fields around al-Jafr in southern Jordan are often desiccated is a source of frustration and deprivation for locals. That they can sometimes hear the gurgle of water in […]
Read more »India’s Worrying Plans for Dams on Transboundary Rivers Shared with Bangladesh
April 10th, 2026
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at the rising water tension between India and Bangladesh, where the former has at least seven hydroelectric projects on two transboundary river systems in the pipeline in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya: On Google maps, a deep green stretch about 100 kilometers long along the India-Bangladesh border, right […]
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